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Closest is about 16 miles now, was 2 miles before I moved. Three more within 100 miles.
But then again, the closest service center is my garage, a good 50 feet from the refrigerator.



I like the way you think Dinqua! I just joined here, but it's obvious you know yer way around Trumps. (just followed a post on your site about airbox removal yesterday & it worked like a dream.) Thank you sir!

I'm just learnin' to work on my own bikes. Pretty much driven by necessity. My local dealers about 25 miles away. (Ed's service in Hyde Park) Ed's a friggin' piece of work, and not in a good way. He will not allow anything that's been customized in any way into his shop. He'll work on 'em, but you've gotta leave 'em in the parking lot. Screw that! He's 'bout 70 by now, & just the meanest, nastiest, junk friggin' yard dog mentalitied ****** you've ever seen. The man HATES everybody! 32 years ago, I bought my 1st Triumph from him - the one that started this magnificent lifelong, obsession.

I'd given him $1500 cash the day before & was back for my Bonnie with bank check in hand to pick her up. Now I'm not suggestin' any butt kissin' is in order, but ******, the ****** comes out of the shop to talk to me & acts like I crapped in his friggin' corn flakes that morning. Had I not been all of 22 years old & wantin' that 750 SO bad, I'da told him to shove his bike. I'm glad I didn't, but I still regret not tellin' the ****** off. Needless to say, I only order parts there when I can't get 'em anywhere else.

I'm ramblin' again. Next closest is NYC or Albany that I know of. Bout an hour either way but tons of traffic.

'07 Triumph America - 153 mains, 45 pilots, airbox gone, '71 650 chop, '04 America powertrain for chop being built now.